英语词汇old man of the mountain的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	old man of the mountain
词源	Old Man of the Mountain. A natural formation on a moun- tainside in New Hampshire’s White Mountains that resembled the face of an old man and was a popular tourist attraction un- til its destruction by natural causes in 2003. The old man of the mountain is also a name for the founder of the Assassins cult, Hassan ben Sabah, an 11th-century terrorist who operated in the mountains of northern Persia.
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